Lilac Festival (Mackinac Island)

Lilac Festival
Statusactive
Genrefestivals
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Mackinac Island
Coordinates45°50′57″N 84°37′08″W / 45.84917°N 84.61889°W / 45.84917; -84.61889
CountryUnited States
Years active74–75
Inaugurated1949 (1949)
Websitewww.mackinacisland.org/mackinac-island-lilac-festival-3/

The Lilac Festival is a ten-day annual festival held in honor of the common lilac at Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. The festival, which has been held since 1949,[1] begins on the second Friday of June and concludes, on the third Sunday of June, with the horse-drawn Lilac Parade.

Lilac flowers are the symbol of the Festival
  1. ^ "Mackinac Island: Events". Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-11-20.